Exhibition aims to establish common ground amid fractious debate over violence in post-independence Indonesia
opposing sides have in recent years struggled to agree on who was victim and who was perpetrator
Damn lol
“there are good arguments to be made from both sides”
Absolutely no one I know has ever taken the stance that we’re victims in that scenario.
“People were killed by Indonesian parties, fearing every moment [their] life will end in a gruesome way,” he said. “That gives a certain anxiety and stress that makes you ‘trigger happy’. And who were these military troops? Young lads from the country, who had just experienced a war and were dropped with no good training, information or education into a conflict where they were told they would be restoring peace and order.
“You can’t make a group of people responsible for what a state does. Our victims have never been recognised, and today they are stamped perpetrators.”
The Dutch were the real victims of the colonization of Indonesia. Finally someone is brave enough to say who the true victims were without political correctness. Always support the troops people!
What about confronting it’s colonial present? Last time I checked, the colonialist world order that underpins the wealth of the Global North hasn’t ended.
I think it means losing those colonies
Last time I checked, big foreign corporations are still looting and pillaging all over Africa as if independence never happened… I wonder why?
edit: This includes Shell, a Dutch corporation, btw.
I’m guessing relative weakness of the governments and rampant corruption.
Yeah… tons of bribe money will do that to the governments of weak nations - it’s almost like Cuba had the correct idea.
Cuba should start bribing those governments to stick it to the West
A little bit of a crappy story. Lets compare the Dutch of today to the rest of Europe today. I’m from the UK with freinds and family in the Netherlands. If it wasn’t for elderly parents, I’d have moved there too.
Thanks for letting me know the evils of colonialism, English website.
I’m not generally one to defend a MSM outlet, and I have many issues specifically with the Guardian, but in this case they have been publishing a lot about “how slavery changed the Guardian, Britain and the world”
i mean, that’s the audience that needs to hear this message the most…
